CASE CLOSED! CONGRESSMAN WEINER WAS FRAMED! (An important update to “The Weiner affair: Close to solution (but I need your help!)” — WARNING — NOW HEAR THIS (added at 10:13, EST): I welcome comments form people who hope to prove me wrong. Disagreement is fine.

Weiner: ‘Picture of a Wiener’ Clearly a Prank — A defiant Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York told ABC News he did not post a lewd photograph to his Twitter account Friday — but he could not say whether or not the photograph in question is of him. — “I did not send that photo.

CNN Poll: Majority gives thumbs down to Ryan plan — Washington (CNN) - A new national poll indicates that a majority of Americans don't like what they've heard so far about congressional Republicans' plans to change Medicare. — According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey …

How is Sarah Palin Paying for Road Trip? — ABC News' Sheila Marikar (@sheilaym) reports: — So, how's Sarah Palin paying for this grand tour anyway? — At the Statue of Liberty today, ABC News asked the former Alaska governor how much her tour has cost so far and how she's paying for it.

Ensuring your information is safe online — The Internet has been an amazing force for good in the world—opening up communications, boosting economic growth and promoting free expression. But like all technologies, it can also be used for bad things. Today, despite the efforts …

Voting Rights Act: I was wrong about racial gerrymandering — WASHINGTON — I won't procrastinate. I'll get the most difficult part of this column over right now: I was wrong. I was shortsighted, naïve and narrow-minded to endorse the concept of drawing Congressional districts to take racial demographics into account.

APNewsBreak: HHS rejects Indiana Medicaid plan — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Health and Human Services Department is telling the state of Indiana that its Medicaid plan, which bans funding to Planned Parenthood, is illegal and must be changed. — In a letter sent to Indiana's Medicaid director …

‘Handcuffed by policy’: Fire crews watch man die — First responders, up to 75 others watch suicidal man stand in water for an hour until he drowns — Below: — msnbc.com staff and news service reports — SAN FRANCISCO — Fire crews and police could only watch after a man waded …

A Venture Capitalist Makes The Case Against Software Patents — Here's a great little post from venture capitalist Fred Wilson venting his rage at America's growing empire of software patents. Key sentence: “these ‘developers in a garage’ can't afford lawyers to represent themselves in a fight with a patent troll.”

Romney leads in Iowa, Cain surging — Mitt Romney has the lead in PPP's first Iowa poll since Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump exited the race, but with six different candidates polling in double digits it's clear this thing is wide open. — Romney polls at 21%. Sarah Palin and Herman Cain are tied for second at 15%.

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